ToquiNotes

Posted on June 28, 2025

I’ve had my share of good food in my life. On the culinary front, if you’re fortunate enough to be living here in the...

Posted on June 22, 2025

In the famous Peanuts comic strip featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, there is a character Linus that most of my generatio...

Posted on June 14, 2025

The stretch of highway between Route 50’s exit and entrance onto Interstate 79 and the exit and entrance onto th...

Posted on June 08, 2025

It has been years, probably decades, since I last dined at the restaurant that is the topic of this week’s blog. And...

Posted on May 31, 2025

Calling a community home your entire life is generally not a bad thing. Taking care of others in and around that same...

Posted on May 24, 2025

All things being standard, Landen Jaggie would have been walking for graduation with the Robert C. Byrd High School Cl...

Posted on May 17, 2025

Editor’s Note: This is a slightly modified version of my blog that has ran every year on graduation weekend. Please SH...

Posted on May 10, 2025

Not everyone that makes a difference in the lives of thousands of people ends up seeing their names regularly in the m...

Posted on May 03, 2025

My first meeting with Tom Fogg? My age and, subsequently, my memory do not give me a clear picture. Here...

Posted on April 26, 2025

It was one of probably thousands of conversations Dr. Kelly Nelson and his wife Debra have had during their many years of...

Posted on April 19, 2025

For those who believe you can hear a smile, let me tell you about exhibit A. That exhibit would be a phone call I made...

Posted on April 13, 2025

I still remember going there. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. It was located in Clarksburg, in the area where Sheetz is...

Posted on April 05, 2025

You may know him. And if you’ve been at a sporting event or even a news-related event in Bridgeport, Harrison County a...

Posted on March 29, 2025

Those jokes about listening to your in-laws probably are not all grounded in truth. If you know the story of Doyle Sic...

Posted on March 22, 2025

There is an old wives’ tale that death arrives in related groups of three. In the last couple of weeks, it proved to...

From the Bench: Recalling My Friend D.D....

It was mentioned in the obituary. In fact, it was very concise and to the point in a memorial so loaded with good deeds an...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Johnson Avenue "Pre-Sheetz"...

Look familiar? If it doesn't, it's because today this area of Johnson Avenue is completely built up. Th...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Direct Flight from Bridg...

If you haven’t taken advantage of the direct flights from North Central West Virginia Airpor...

Posted by Julie Perine
The Grapevine: Reading is Perfect Activi...

We can positively announce that summer is on its way. We now have longer days and the daylight hours seem t...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Crisis Chronicles: It Takes a Village

Around 5 p.m. on Friday, May 30th, my phone started buzzing with weather alerts. This spring has been particularly int...

Posted by Tim Curry
ToquiNotes: Recalling One of the Best Re...

I’ve had my share of good food in my life. On the culinary front, if you’re fortunate enough to be living here in the...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Love and Light: Sweet Honeysuckle

One of the simple pleasures of living in Bridgeport, West Virginia is tasting the little drop of nectar inside the rip...

Posted by Leigha Randolph